Export Market

China: Price falls seen for plastic grades going into China

18/05/2012

Exporters are reporting that the price paid for plastics by Chinese buyers has started to fall.
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Chinese imports fall in April

14/05/2012

The amount of material imported into China continued to fall in April, according to the latest Chinese Custom’s statistics.

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BIR appeals to the European Commission over Italian scrap export decree

17/04/2012

A new Italian decree on the shipping of waste internationally has been criticised by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR).

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Maersk announces it is taking bookings on its Europe to Asia route again

17/04/2012

Shipping line Maersk has said that it is recommencing bookings on its backhaul route from Europe to Asia.

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Company admits sending illegal waste exports to Brazil

13/04/2012

Edwards Waste Paper of Barking, east London has pleaded guilty at the High Court to transporting waste to Brazil illegally.

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Only copper imports into China up in March, while plastics drop

10/04/2012

Copper was the only material to see an increase in this month’s Chinese import statistics.

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Freight prices rocket meaning domestic material price falls likely

04/04/2012

The cost of shipping material to Asia from Europe has jumped in the last two weeks and is likely to keep rising until at least May.

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Shipping line Maersk suspends all northern Europe to Asia bookings

26/03/2012

Exporters of materials such as metals, plastics and paper have been hit by the news that shipping line Maersk has suspended services to China from northern Europe.

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Chinese imports up in February but showing mixed picture

12/03/2012

February’s imports of copper, aluminium, paper, PET and ABS into China were all up on January but some were weak compared to December.

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Clearing introduced for Europe to Asia shipping routes will allow forward pricing

06/03/2012

A hedging tool for container price risk has been launched by the World Container Index (WCI) for the backhaul routes.

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